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Job Outcome Incentive Payments and PICS
Job Outcome Incentive Payments are described in SFA Guidance Note 8, from paragraph 24. As the name implies, they are designed to make it worth providers’ while to ensure that learners achieve jobs, and that these outcomes are reported to the SFA. They are dealt with as a pilot in 2011/12, and will be implemented … read more
Posted in Contracts & Funding, Industry News
Tagged Job Outcome Incentive Payments, JOIP
Financial Managers, Last Chance To Book
This event is now closed, but there are other dates available. Get up to date with the latest information on SFA and YPLA funding, and make sure that you’re using the funding tools in PICS fully, by attending our popular Financial Management Event. As well as reviewing the principles of SFA and YPLA funding for … read more
Posted in Training
Job Vacancy: C# Web App Developer
Graduate/Junior Developer with demonstrable object oriented programming (Java, .NET or similar) skills, gained from a recent Computer Science/Software Engineering degree to join our web and application development team. Primary duties will involve creating and maintaining web and service based applications using ASP.Net and C#. Full training in ASP.Net and C# will be provided but existing … read more
Posted in Job Vacancy
Job Vacancy: Delphi CRM Developer
Graduate/Junior Developer with demonstrable object oriented programming (Delphi, Java, .NET or similar) skills, gained from a recent Computer Science/Software Engineering degree to join our development team. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about software development and will be focusing primarily on the development of our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. An awareness of relational databases … read more
Posted in Job Vacancy
ILR Data Capture
We find ourselves in a strange position this year. Not only is the Information Authority (theia) supporting two distinct systems for the ILR, the outgoing flat file system with the familiar L and A names for data fields and the new XML system with unfamiliar names and structures, but on top of this we need … read more
Posted in 2011-2012 Changes, Hints & Tips
Pellcomp on Twitter
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Posted in Hints & Tips
eAssessor – Major Update
eAssessor is a web based module through which assessors can manage evidence and learner progression data from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. eAssessor is unique in providing a real time link with your core learner management system ensuring that your entire organisation is operating on data with real-time accuracy. eAssessor has been … read more
Posted in Product Spotlights
Tagged eAssessor
PICS for 2011/12
As usual, we will issue the 2011/12 version of PICS (which will be labelled version 14.50) in the middle of August. Please remember that you should use the first half of the month to capture all possible starters up to the end of July during this period, and enter August starts only into PICS 14.50. … read more
Posted in Newsletters
Subcontracting
We were sorry that we were unable to deliver our subcontracting session at the recent PICS User Group. Many of you will, as a result of MCL, be entering into subcontracting arrangements. There are many features in PICS that can make managing subcontracts easier and clearer for you. These fall into two main areas: managing … read more
Posted in Uncategorized
Workplace and Classroom Learning
These new provisions have caused a little confusion in the user community. In terms of what we record in the LIS, and therefore what we record in PICS, Workplace Learning is very similar to our old friend Train to Gain, though there are some differences in learner eligibility. Classroom Learning is likely to be aimed … read more
Posted in Uncategorized